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In Reply to: RE: Will plasma disappear as a display technology? posted by townsend on December 29, 2007 at 20:40:52
Plasma displays will be around for years to come, even though it faces stiff competition from LCD. The technology still beats LCD and DLP in rendering the more faithful image (only CRT is better) and costs less than LCD in the all important 50" and up category. You can expect minor break-throughs (less power consumption, half-brightness rated at 100,000 hours) for the next few years, with a major change every so often (ie, 1920x1080 screen resolution, Pioneer's Kuro line for black levels).
Sometime in 2008, look for Pioneer to release a 70"-75" model and the Panasonic/Hitachi collaboration to bring an 85" plasma to the consumer livingroom. If that's not big enough, Matsushita (Panasonic) recently announced that they'll be showing a 150" plasma at an upcoming electronics show.
The next step will arrive in 2009: it's called 10-lumen tech and will allow plasma technology to surpass CRT in black levels (it will be at least equal to and possibly better than SED) and drop power consumption and heat generation by several levels. Panasonic, Hitachi and Pioneer joined forces to make 10-lumen tech a reality.
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Benefits of the collaboration efforts between the 3 companies (Matsushita, Hitachi and Pioneer) on 10-lumen tech will begin appearing later in 2008. However, the best use and advantages of the technology won't be fully realized until 2009.
I do think it's an endeavor worth applauding: 3 manufactures coming together to work on advancements in a technology that will benefit the consumer in a real and qualitative way on many levels. Marketing departments will have it easy: the advancements will speak for themselves.
Where did you get this information.
All of it? Some of it? A certain bit?
I'm talking about the 10 lumen tech. I have a Pioneer elite 1080P 50 inch plasma now and was thinking about upgrading to the new one. The blacks are a little bit better. What your saying is to wait until next year for a huge increase in blacks, correct.
It's killing me, but I think I will have to hold off on a plasma purchase in 2008. While 10-lumen tech will begin appearing later this year, all of its positive attributes won't be realized.
The Kuros are indeed nice, though not perfect (ligh output needs some work), and 2008 models will begin to incorporate some of 10-lumen technology. If you really want one and will clearly see the difference in an upgrade (if your Pioneer isn't one of their Kuro models, you definitely will), why deny yourself a year's worth of visual pleasure?
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